Comments on: Cheerio(s)

By: craige

craige — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:29:05 +0000

I’m quite surprised to learn that I was not the only freak who only got sugar cereal on her birthday. I was still not allowed to eat it for breakfast, however. It was for dessert only. I chose Golden Grahams for years. Nowadays I very rarely eat cold cereal in the a.m. (love all varieties of hot cereal though, unsweetened), but I do like having a box of Fruit Loops or Puffins around to snack on in the evening.

By: tallglassofvino

tallglassofvino — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 03:47:08 +0000

Loved Lucky Charms, too, but my big hankering was for Corn Puffs - those giant, yellow, supersweety puffs that I’d let get just a wee-bit soggy (not too much!) before wolfing them down.

And I read the entire ceral box over, and over, and over…

By: Dodi

Dodi — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 22:38:33 +0000

My parents were either all about health food or completely into junk. Except soda, that was reserved for holidays and special sleep overs. We ate a lot of home-made granola and oatmeal and then suddenly we’d be allowed to get Rice Crispies or Life. We secretly dumped a lot of sugar on the Rice Crispies when my mom’s back was turned.

By: raina rosie

raina rosie — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:16:13 +0000

i ate handfulls of cheerios with mom just the other night. everytime i go down the cereal aisle, i still want the reese’s peanut butter puffs…YOU CAN’T HAVE ANY!!!!

By: Neil

Neil — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 20:32:00 +0000

I’m embarrassed to say my parents were pretty lenient with my cereal choices, and I loved Lucky Charms. Now, they just taste like oversweetened junk.

By: Kate

Kate — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:20:24 +0000

I only ever ate sugar cereals at other people’s houses. For me, it was (and is) Cheerios all the way. Love them. In fact, I think I had them for dinner more than once during the past week…

By: Katey Schultz

Katey Schultz — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:55:26 +0000

more food blogs. i love it.
i’ll reply to your email soon. now i’m taking forever…
thanks for your comments. i felt proud about the mechanic thing, too, and i’m glad you shared in that. can you IMAGINE? ugh! i put the check in his mailbox this morning with a typed, brief letter, leaving my phone number if he wanted to call. i thought he might call to object but he didn’t so what’s done is done and i saved $400.

By: Tom Kim

Tom Kim — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:28:13 +0000

I, too, can’t stand leaving any milk. I don’t like slurping the milk at the end, though, so I end up pouring more and more cereal in to finish up the bowl. I inevitably end up feeling like there’s a bowling ball of grain in my stomach when I’m done.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve learned the value of smaller bowls.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:29:37 +0000

Albert, I’m a sucker for anything vanilla flavored, so I bet I’d love that granola as well.

Amber, we got to have the Honey-Nut Cheerios once in a while as well, but it was fairly rare. I’m so glad you stopped by on Seadragon’s recommendation, and that you’re enjoying yourself. Please feel free to come by any time!

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:04:41 +0000

I think we grew up in the same “no-sugar cereal” house. Lots of cheerios and shredded wheat (not the little squares, the huge rectangle). We used to love going to my cousins house just to eat the Cocoa Puffs and PacMan cereals they had there.

I think Mom knew what she was doing when she decided that eating marshmallow shapes for breakfast was a bad idea. (Honey-Nut cheerios, incidentally, were the sugary treat we were allowed to have from time to time).

BTW - came here on Seadragon’s recommendation - love your blog!